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DCP-LETT-511

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
American Philosophical Society.
Date:
23 May 1839
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.16)
Summary:

As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, CD formally expresses thanks for the American Philosophical Society’s Proceedings, vol. 1, no. 6.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-511A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gideon Algernon Mantell
Date:
23 May 1839
Source of text:
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Mantell papers, fMS-Papers-0083-465)
Summary:

Writes, as Secretary of the Geological Society, to thank GAM for his presents, a slab of anthracite with plant impressions (from Philadelphia) and some fossils from Cornwall.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-512

From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Alphonse de Candolle
Date:
25 May [1839]
Source of text:
Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Summary:

Invitation to dine at the Darwins’ with J. S. Henslow.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-512A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
Date:
27 May 1839
Source of text:
The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
Summary:

Presents the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the now published second and third numbers of the first part of the Zoology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-513

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharp Macleay
Date:
29 May 1839
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Introduces Syms Covington and recommends him for employment in Australia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-514

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
29 May 1839
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 2009/108: 6)
Summary:

A letter of reference for Syms Covington.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-515

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Date:
31 May [1839]
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 295/1 pp.1–3)
Summary:

CD’s servant [Syms Covington] will work his passage to Australia.

Returns a curious stone, of which he hopes to publish an account. [See Volcanic islands, p. 38.]

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